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Example Sentences
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That day had to be Monday night, the only day that mattered for a Lakers team on the brink of elimination.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
By studying how ancient people responded to catastrophic eruptions, scientists hope to better understand which survival strategies mattered most and how those lessons could help us face future disasters.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
The rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves has always mattered.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
No club in English soccer had better perfected the art of teasing its fans with the promise of success, only to fall apart when it mattered most.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
When Mima and Papa were younger, it must not have mattered that he was twenty years older than her.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
